Personally, I'm not planning on taking my 03 in for the brake recall. 13 years and 105,000 miles with no brake problems I don't see a need. I plan on changing fluid soon, and have heard that those who change their fluid regularly don't seem to be having any trouble. As far as the yellow fluid goes this is very possible it is new fluid. The last high dollar brake fluid I bought was yellowish. I guess it would depend on was it just yellow, or dirty yellow. Hope this is a help to you.